Ore-roasting dish



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W. P. ODEN. ORE ROASTING DISH.

No. 454,759. Patented June 23,1891.

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'\VILLIAM F. ODEN, OF BUTTE CITY, MONTANA.

ORE-ROASTING DISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,759, dated June 23,1891. Application filed December 3, 1890. Serial No. 373,461. (Nomodel.) I

" To all whom it may concern:

bowl and adapted to rest on the said bridges.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. ODEN, of

Butte City, in the county of Silver Bow and State of Montana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Ore-Roasting Dishes, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to ore-roastin g dishes such as used in anassayers muffle or otherwise for roasting small quantities of orepreliminary to or during the process of assaying.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedore-roasting dish, which is simple in construction and prevents loss ofthe ore during the operation, at the same time giving free access of airto the contents of the dish.

The invention consists of a bowl provided with an annular inner rim,bridges connecting the said inner rim with the outer rim of the bowl,and a cover formed like an inverted The invention also consists ofcertain parts and details and combinations of the same, as

will be hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the bowl, and Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation of the improvement.

The improved ore-roasting dish is provided with a bowl A, in which isformed an annular rim B, forming a space 0 between it and the outer rimD of the bowl. The rim B is of the same height as the rim D, and the tworims are connected with each other by a number of bridges or partitionsE, each having in its top a notch F, the several notches beingpreferably arranged in a circle and at or near the middle of thebridges. The notches F are adapted to be engaged by the lower edge ofthe rim of a cover G, preferably made like an inverted bowl, as isplainly illustrated in Fig; 2.

In using the ore-roasting dish the cover G drop to the bottonrof thesame.

is removed, the ore is placed in the space formed within the inner rimB, and then the cover G is placed on the bowl, resting with its loweredge within the notchesF of the bridges E, so that the cover is held inplace, and at the same time its lower edge extends below the tops of theinner rim B and the outer rim D.

When the dish is now used in the ordinary manner, wasting of the ore isprevented, as any flying or spitting particles of ore are arrested bythe cover G, and if not deflected back to the ore pass into the space 0and Air from the outside has free access to the ore Within the rim B,the air passing through the space 0 and under the cover G to the middlepart of the bowl A.

It will thus be seen that the dish can be convenientlyhandled and heatedwithout dangerof wasting the ore.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An ore'roasting dish comprising a bowl providedwith an inner rim, bridgesconnecting the inner rim with the outer rim ofthe bowl, and a cap made in inverted-bowl shape resting with itsloweredge on the said bridges, substantially asshown and described.

2. An ore-roasting dish comprising a bowl having an inner annular rim, aseries of bridges connecting the said inner annular rim with the outerrim of the bowl, each of said bridges being provided with a notch on topat or near its middle, and a cap made like an inverted bowl and fittingat its lower edge into the said notches of the bridges, substantially asshown and described.

3. In an ore-roasting dish, a bowl provided with an inner rim formingtwo concentric spaces, and a series of bridges connecting the said innerrim with the outer rim of the bowl, substantially as shown anddescribed.

WILLIAM F. ODEN.

